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In "Saving the world, plan B" Fred Pearce mischaracterises the Pew Center's position on the idea of controlling greenhouse gas emissions through "contraction and convergence" (13 December 2003, p 6). The quotes he attributes to our president, Eileen Classen, are taken from a Pew Center publication which she did not write.

Moreover, they are taken out of context and used to support a point of view not shared by the report's authors. In fact, taken in context, they argue against contraction and convergence as a basis for future climate negotiations.

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